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Coral reefs in the waters of the island of Datu district, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, a bomb severely damaged by the use of fishing and trawling. Manufacture of ships damaged rumpon be a solution to fix the ecosystem. Head of Department of Marine and Fisheries of West Kalimantan Rudiyono Billy said, coral reefs in the waters of the island of Datu begin to deteriorate since the Thai boats fishing loot in the region using trawling in 1998 until 2000.

“The condition is then compounded by the use of fish bombs,” said Billy, Saturday (31/12/2011). The ships were used as rumpon fishing boats seized from Vietnam and the plundering of fish caught in the South China Sea. Read more…

Who knew Maratua Island? In fact, not every citizen of East Kalimantan has ever heard the name of the island. One of the outer islands of Indonesia, located in Berau was hardly ever mentioned. The island is inhabited by 3,000 people Bajao tribe, it is not widely known by the people of Indonesia, probably because considered not important, but the island is one of the “porch” Indonesia.

Island `U` shaped it, said to be a garden of foreign tourists and divers dream, because the cluster of small islands on the island of Maratua, storing various marine tourism potential, including the beauty of marine life. Maratua Island in the Bajau community – purporting to be from the Philippines – referred to as `or` Malatua Wood Tuba, a type of toxic wood commonly used by local fishermen in catching fish. “Maratua Island has a beach and nature are quite beautiful . It’s just so far not managed optimally, “said Head Maratua, Khudarat. Read more…